FIRST - LEED Certified Public Building In Montana - Bozeman, MT
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N 45° 40.732 W 111° 01.640
12T E 497871 N 5058368
This Lucky 7 consists only of the library and a sculpture, Generations IV, which stands directly in front of it.
Waymark Code: WM179Z2
Location: Montana, United States
Date Posted: 01/10/2023
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member saopaulo1
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The city of Bozeman is a college town, with a large School of Art, hence scads of resident artists. This lead to a sincere dedication to the arts by the City of Bozeman, resulting in dozens and dozens of works on display throughout the city. One of the largest gathering of art works is at the Bozeman Public Library, the majority of the works located in an art park behind (south of) the library, Bozeman Sculpture Park.

According to the library's own history, of which see below, the new (in 2006) Bozeman Public Library achieved a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) silver level certification, the first public building in the state to be certified LEED.

A full service library, the Bozeman Public Library features all the services and amenities one could ever hope for in a library. These include a bookmobile, Yoga Classes, storytimes for children, E-News sent to your phone, programs for kids and teens, a Business Centre, Sewing Classes, ADA Services, even a coffee shop. Of course, it offers all the more mundane services, such as interlibrary loans, catalogue access, computer terminals, etc., etc.

Housed in a 53,000 square foot LEED Silver Certified Building, which opened in November, 2006, this library replaced several smaller libraries which were spread around the city, centralizing all the library's amenities.
Generations IV
This work, by sculptor Dana Kuglin, might not be recognized for what it is by anyone who hurries past. Close examination reveals this to represent a school of fish (who knows, possibly four generations of fish?) milling around a central object, which appears to consist of a couple of spheres. Made of Cast Aluminum & Steel, the piece stands atop a tall triangular steel pylon, mounted on a circular concrete pad.
From The Waymark
Bozeman Public Library
The Bozeman Public Library began as the Young Men’s Library Association in 1872. It was housed in a room above the Alward Drug Store at 118 East Main Street. In keeping with Victorian standards of the day, women were restricted to using the library room on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays from 3-5:00 pm while the men could only use it on Tuesday and Saturday evenings from 7-9:00 pm. The tax- supported Bozeman City Library opened in 1891 with rooms on the second floor of the new City Hall & Opera House.

Head Librarian Belle Chrisman appealed to Andrew Carnegie in September 1901 for funds to build a permanent library. Carnegie endowed the City of Bozeman with $15,000 to construct the building at 35 North Bozeman. Built in 1902-1903, the Carnegie Library served the community for over 75 years until the second library was opened at 220 East Lamme in 1981. A book brigade of 1,200 volunteers moved some 14,000 books from the old building to the new on July 14, 1981. The 22,000 square foot facility was the stage for the advent of computerized library services in Bozeman. The Library celebrated its Centennial year in 1991.

In 2001, taxpayers approved a $4 million bond referendum for a new facility; the money was used to purchase the 14.3 acre former Milwaukee Railroad property on East Main Street. After five years of fundraising and planning, a new 53,000 square foot Library opened at 626 East Main Street in November 2006. The new Library achieved a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) silver level certification, the first public building in the state to be certified LEED.
From The Library
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Department Number, Category Name, and Waymark Code:
2-Buildings • LEED Buildings • Bozeman Public Library • wm179PQ
4-Culture • Figurative Public Sculpture • Generations IV • wm10MNR
5-Entertainment • Bookcrossing Zones • Bozeman Public Library • wm179Q5
10-Oddities • Superlatives • FIRST - LEED Certified Public Building In Montana • wm179Q1
13-Structures • Dated Architectural Structures Multifarious • Bozeman Public Library - 2006 • wm179PT
14-Technology • Wikipedia Entries • Bozeman Public Library • wm179PX
15-Multifarious • News Article Locations • Gray Owl Adopts Library • wm179QP


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